New head of Swedbank Luxembourg appointed

Press Release 5th June 2009

New head of Swedbank Luxembourg appointed

Lars Friberg has been appointed as new Head of Swedbank Luxembourg SA. Lars
Friberg, who also has been appointed as new Head of Private Banking at Swedbank,
will take up his new positions after the summer.  

- Through this appointment we will strengthen our Private Banking activities
across the Group which will be beneficial for our customers, says Peter Rydell,
Chairman of the Board of Swedbank Luxembourg.

Swedbank Luxembourg will be included in the business area Swedish banking from 1
July 2009. 


Further information, please contact:
Peter Rydell, Chairman, Swedbank Luxembourg SA, phone: +46 31 739 15 01 or +46
706 55 57 08
Anna Sundblad, Press Officer, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000
corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic
countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai,
St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK
1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about
Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.